Best and Worst of 2012: The good, the bad and the grumpy memes

While 2011 was all about Ryan Gosling and Tim Tebow, 2012 was a ladies’ game. From Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney to Secretary of State Hillary and, yes, even those Hot Problems hot messes, it was girls who run the world… wide web. Though a few fellows managed to sneak in – and cats of course (this is the Internet, after all). Below, the best and worst of 2012.

BEST

5. Grumpy cat
While he’s doesn’t have the gotcha journalism skillz of Chris Hansen cat, I mean really… look at that face! He is almost as unimpressed as our number 1 memer of 2012…

1. Olympic memes
Many LOL-inducing moments cropped out of the London Games – including Mo Farah Running Away from Things and the very important question “Diving competition or gay porn?” – but gymnast McKayla Maroney took gold in memery. Ironically, the Photoshop frenzy began when the 16-year-old (who shared a team gold) was not impressed with her silver medal performance in the individual vault competition. To her credit, Maroney embraced the trend, posing for faux underwhelmed photos on the red carpet and with President Obama (it was an election year – POTUS was everywhere). No word on whether Queen Elizabeth was as amused as Maroney about her own meme. (We’re guessing no.)